Frank Hurst
Frank Hurst was born in south London and spent thirty-six years as a criminal investigator and intelligence officer for the British Government, travelling widely in his career, including many years based in the Far East and the Caribbean. He has written seven novels. His Golden Triangle Trilogy, crime thrillers set in Thailand, received wide acclaim and won literary awards. Frank recently became an executive producer of the documentary film Bangkok – City of Angels and is currently assisting the BBC in a documentary about the life and times of drugs smuggler, Howard Marks.
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The Peccavi Plot
28 Oct 2024When London hansom cab driver Henry Gough is forced to cross the line of Victorian respectability in order to feed his family, he is drawn towards city districts awash with vice and crime. Stumbling upon a clandestine plot that will imperil his country, he turns informer and embarks on a dramatic adventure beset with danger.
Frank Hurst transports us effortlessly and in some style from the dimly-lit streets of nineteenth-century London to the dusty plains of the Indian Raj and the grand estates of Tsarist Russia, where foreign forces seek to challenge British imperial ambitions in the Orient.
Brimming with political intrigue, riddles, romance, violence and deception, this is an epic story, with more than a grain of truth at its core…
Frank Hurst was born in South London and spent thirty-six years as an investigator and intelligence officer for the British Government. He travelled widely in the service of the Crown, including many years working in India, South East Asia and the Eastern Caribbean. Frank has written seven novels. His Golden Triangle Trilogy has received wide acclaim and won literary awards. In 2024 Frank was an executive producer of the documentary film Bangkok – City of Angels.
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The Bangkok Betrayal
28 May 2024An extraordinary turn of events sees Marylebone cab proprietor, Henry Gough, propelled from the familiar streets of Victorian London into the grip of a stirring adventure, full of danger, political intrigue and ruthless treachery in faraway Siam.
When Henry becomes the only witness to the brutal murder of his passenger on one of London’s richest avenues, he is given a clandestine mission to perform. It will end on the banks of Bangkok’s steamy Chao Phraya River, where he uncovers a sinister plot that may bring chaos to Siam.
When Henry draws ever closer to revealing the assassin’s true identity, he is forced to confront powerful forces that threaten his life. As Britain and France’s colonial ambitions clash inside the court of Siamese King Chulalongkorn, the scene is set for a bitter struggle that will decide the fate of Siam itself.
Frank Hurst was born in south London and spent thirty-six years as a criminal investigator and intelligence officer for the British Government. He has written seven novels, his Golden Triangle Trilogy received wide acclaim and won literary awards. Frank recently became an Executive Producer of the documentary film Bangkok – City of Angels and is currently assisting the BBC in a documentary about the life and times of drugs smuggler, Howard Marks.